Thailand

Xiamen Airlines is the new member of the low fare California to Asia club we have seen the past couple years with China Southern and China Eastern Airlines. All three of these airlines are SkyTeam Alliance members. Xiamen has low fares in the mid to upper $400s for many cities across Asia from Seoul, South…

China Southern has fares from $381 to $443 for LAX to several southeast Asian cities in China and several other countries for travel January to May. Fares from San Francisco and San Jose are $50 to $80 more with Virgin America connecting flights to LAX. Singapore SIN $381 Phuket HKT $380 Taipei TPE $425 Manila…

Peak season best weather for Phuket, Thailand is November to January. China Southern has LAX to Phuket priced at $381 round trip for the last half of January and then fares drop again in March to May. SFO departures price at $443 and San Jose SJC is $465 with connecting flights on Virgin America. China…

China Eastern Airlines, a SkyTeam member airline, has Los Angeles LAX to the beach resort city Phuket, Thailand HKT at $397 through OTA sites and $430 on China Eastern Airlines website. Bangkok is similarly priced at $389 round trip with China Eastern. There appears to be a fare war with China Eastern undercutting China Southern…

Sofia, Bulgaria to Bangkok, Thailand for $1,029 round trip in Qatar Airways Business R Class is one of the deep discount fares I have seen in the past day as I explore ways to pick up British Airways Tier Points for a fast-track route to Executive Club elite status in 2017. Departure Dates SOF-BKK: widely…

One of the interesting aspects of Singapore Airlines nonstop flight between Houston and Manchester is the availability of continuing the flight from Manchester to Singapore and points in southeast Asia for less than $100 more than flying only to England ($560-$606). On Friday Sep 2, I posted a $626 round trip fare from Houston to…

China Southern, a SkyTeam Alliance member airline, has low fares in the mid-$500s from Los Angeles to many places in Southeast Asia like Bali, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. San Francisco is about $100 higher for China Southern flights. China Eastern, also SkyTeam Alliance, seems to have lower fares from San Francisco to many of…

China Southern had low fares from LAX to several airports in Asia on Wednesday. When I checked fares for an article on Thursday, China Eastern had the lowest fares. Both China-based airlines are members of SkyTeam Alliance. It has been common these past six months to find the lowest fares to India and southeast Asia…